ARTICLE OF THE WEEK

Fostering Europe’s infant democracies

by Radoslaw Sikorski
A new tool to foster infant democracies in Europe’s neighbouring countries is proposed by Poland’s Foreign Minister Radoslaw Sikorski. As well as supporting pluralism, media freedom and “deep democracy” it would also enable the EU to act more quickly and flexibly.

EW Journal - Security & Defence

Death of the WEU – How Brussels shot itself in the foot

by José Cutileiro
“Be careful what you wish for,” warns the WEU’s former Secretary General José Cutileiro. He charts the many problems created by the WEU’s demise and by the creation of the EU’s External Action Service.

EW JOURNAL - EUROPE

A chink of light in the EU’s democratic gloom

by Julian Priestley
It is useless to pretend that Europe’s voters either like or respect the EU’s democratic underpinnings, even though the European Parliament has made so much progress over three decades. Julian Priestley, who headed the EP’s administration as Secretary General for 10 years until 2007, argues that the coming contest between its two main political groupings to secure the EU Commission’s top job may open up a new era in EU democracy. 

EW Journal - Arab World

The Arab spring risks turning sour

by Georges Corm
 The bright promise of Arab popular protests and revolutionary change risks souring, warns Lebanon’s former finance minister Georges Corm. He explains why foreign interference and the exploitation of internal divisions in Arab societies must be vigilantly guarded against.

EW Journal - China

The “Asian century” means tightening Asian belts

by Chandran Nair
The shifting of economic and political power eastwards means the West must wake up to the fact that promoting consumption-led growth to Asia is not a viable option when natural resources are being so rapidly exhausted. Chandran Nair outlines how Asia should abandon Western-style economic practices to achieve a sustainably prosperous future on its own terms.

Europe's World Journal - previous Issues

A practical guide to decarbonising the global economy

by Jim Skea
Sorting fact from fiction is becoming central to the climate change debate. In the aftermath of Copenhagen and with Cancun looming ahead, Jim Skea distinguished what can be done and what must be done

'Yes' to Cancún but 'No' to handicapping the world's poor

by Alain Juppé
Copenhagen wasn't the unmitigated disaster it's portrayed as, and Cancún may yet build on its foundations. But Alain Juppé warns that "green fundamentalists" who advocate limiting economic growth should think again if the world's poorest nations are not to suffer

A low carbon strategy for Europe

by Nick Mabey
Many of Europe’s outdated and inefficient power stations have to be replaced in the coming two decades, and Nick Mabey sets out the strategic steps that EU governments need to take together to create a low carbon economy at the least cost

It’s the right carbon price that’ll turn green promises into projects

by Allan Larson - by Måns Lönnroth
The shape of a climate investment framework that could kick-start a determined investment drive in low-carbon technologies is outlined by Allan Larsson and Måns Lönnroth

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